"Urbs Syon aurea, patria lactea, cive decora Omne cor obruis, omnibus obstruis et cor et ora Nescio, nescio, quae jubilatio, lux tibi quali Quam sociala gaudia, gloria quam specialis."
— Bernard of Cluny

January 1, 1970

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Jerusalem the golden! with milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice opprest: I know not, oh, I know not what social joys are there; What radiancy of glory, what light beyond compare. — ll. 45–48, Urbs Sion aurea (tr. J. M. Neale, 1851, rev. 1858)